Fresh Look Museum
Over the past 18 months, Hastings Museum has undergone something of a transformation: first with the appointment of a new manager, Damien Etherington, and then a new team of curators. This all came with a fresh vision for the museum…
Post Pandemic Planning for Hastings
How to benefit the whole community In Issue 150 of HIP, HEART Looks Beyond Lockdown, we talked to Alastair Fairley, co-founder of HEART, about the organisation’s post lockdown plans and how to use the energy generated by the large pool…
A Site Worth Seeing
At the beginning of the month, after extensive consultation, development and testing, the West St Leonards Forum publicly launched its website The objective of this website is to support the overall aims of the Forum in providing information to the…
Telephone Befriending Service Takes Off
With so many free services on offer during the pandemic, it’s easy to miss out on the one you might find most useful. So here’s one you may have missed: Connect In is a simple way for any adult in…
Hypochondriacs To The Rescue!
Calling all hypochondriacs. There’s a quiz to take your mind off Covid-19 and the answers are all kinds of illnesses and health problems! The three entries with the highest number of correct answers will win the prizes of £25, £15…
HEART Looks Beyond Lockdown
Huge numbers of selfless residents have stepped up to help isolated people cope with the Coronavirus pandemic according to Hastings Emergency Action Response Team (HEART). Established by volunteers Kim Batty and Alastair Fairley, HEART has now seen over 1,000 people…
Arts on Prescription Goes Online
Arts on Prescription (AoP) is a free service set up in June 2019 to reduce loneliness and isolation for those who face challenges accessing activities in the community – including long term health issues, being a carer, lack of confidence…
Rough Sleeping In Rough Times
On Thursday 26th March, every council leader in England received a letter from Luke Hall MP, the Under Secretary of State for Local Government and ;It asked their councils to house all rough sleepers “by the end of the week” to prevent the…
HEART Doesn’t Miss a Beat
As I wrote in my previous article (HIP Issue 48: Hastings’ Response to a Crisis), the Hastings Emergency Action Response Team (HEART) has emerged as a galvanising force for action. The initial impetus has evolved into a collaboration with Hastings…
Hastings’ Response To A Crisis
One of the good aspects of a crisis is the way people come together. What we are not so good at is seeing things coming. But on Thursday 12th March, when not a single case had been reported in East…